Re: VC2005 build and pthreads

From: Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: "Douglas McNaught" <doug(at)mcnaught(dot)org>
Cc: "Bruce Momjian" <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, "Martijn van Oosterhout" <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>, "Magnus Hagander" <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, "Joachim Wieland" <joe(at)mcknight(dot)de>, "Gevik Babakhani" <pgdev(at)xs4all(dot)nl>, "pgsql-hackers" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: VC2005 build and pthreads
Date: 2007-02-05 16:15:21
Message-ID: 87r6t4y412.fsf@stark.xeocode.com
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"Douglas McNaught" <doug(at)mcnaught(dot)org> writes:

> It uses threads at least for the POSIX AIO calls--I'm not sure what
> else.

On that tangent, is that still true or is it only for older kernels that it's
true? I was under the impression newer kernels implemented the aio interface
but others seem to think it's not the case and glibc still emulates it with
threads. Looking up the truth of the situation has been on my mental todo list
for a while.

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Gregory Stark
EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com

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